Examiner Ji-Hae Yea

Grant ratio: 59.0% (12th percentile in Art Unit 2471 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.73. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: October 2026
Grant ratio 59.0%
Average office actions / grant 1.73
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
95020
Primary art unit
2471
Work group
2470
Technology center
2400
Applications
261
Granted applications
154
Examiner phone
(571) 270-3310

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 23 76.1% 1.65
Group 204 62.6% 1.93
Tech Center 1,763 57.8% 2.14
USPTO 16,572 52.1% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.87 489 office actions across 261 applications
Applications with office actions 99.2% 259 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 2 0.8%
1 OA 129 49.4%
2 OAs 75 28.7%
3 OAs 28 10.7%
4 OAs 16 6.1%
5+ OAs 11 4.2%

Each application is counted once. “5+” includes all higher counts.

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2020: 85.7% 2020 2021: 83.3% 2021 2022: 71.4% 2022 2023: 82.9% 2023 2024: 84.8% 2024 2025: 48.9% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2020353085.7%
2021242083.3%
2022352571.4%
2023352982.9%
2024332884.8%
2025452248.9%
20265400.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 259 0.4% 9.7% 82.2% 7.7%
Action 2 130 0.0% 9.2% 83.8% 5.4%
Action 3 55 0.0% 3.6% 94.5% 0.0%
Action 4 27 0.0% 11.1% 85.2% 3.7%
Action 5 11 0.0% 0.0% 90.9% 0.0%
Action 6 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.4% 1 of 257 office actions
All years 0.2% 1 of 489 office actions
Change +0.2 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-10-02–2026-10-02. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
1.4%
2025: August memo
0.0%
0.0%

Each bar is the percentage of office actions with a §101 rejection.

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 1. Merits outcomes: 1 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 0 reversed.

Full reversal rate
0.0% 0/1 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
0.0% 0/1 decisions
Median appeal duration
15.2 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
May. 27, 2022 16/151,751 Affirmed §102 · §103 · §112

The examiner match uses the last recorded office action before the decision. Reversal rates exclude rehearings, remands, dismissals, and other decisions that did not reach the merits. Data through Oct. 9, 2026.

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